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Back to Work: Canada : Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Back to WorkPublisher: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2015Description: Online-Ressource (182 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9789264233454
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Parallelausg.: Retrouver du travail ; Canada ; Améliorer les perspectives de retour à l'emploi des travailleurs licenciés économiques | Parallelausg.: Retrouver du travail: Canada ; Améliorer les perspectives de retour à l'emploi des travailleurs licenciés économiques | Erscheint auch als: Back to work. Druck-Ausgabe. Paris : OECD, 2015. 181 S.DDC classification:
  • 331.137
DOI: DOI: 10.1787/9789264233454-enOnline resources: Summary: Job displacement (involuntary job loss due to firm closure or downsizing) affects many workers over their lifetime. Displaced workers may face long periods of unemployment and, even when they find new jobs, tend to be paid less than in their prior jobs. Helping them get back into good jobs quickly should be a key goal of labour market policy. This report looks at how this challenge is being tackled in Canada. While the Canadian government uses several measures to prevent unnecessary layoffs, the focus is placed on assisting workers after they have lost their job via the Employment Insurance system and the core labour market programmes operated by the Provinces. Re-employment assistance tailored to meet the specific needs of displaced workers also plays a useful role, but needs to be reinforced so as to start the adjustment process earlier for workers receiving advance notice or a large severance payment and to reach workers affected by small-scale displacements. Targeted programmes for older displaced workers with long-tenure who are hardest hit have yet to reach a large share of this group.PPN: PPN: 85741416XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-13-SOC | ZDB-13-SOC-ebook
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